Contact information:
University: University of sciences and technology-Yemen
Team members names: Mohamed Nahel – Abdulaziz Ghaban – Mohamed Shalil
Faculty Advisor : Eng. Hassam Alhetari
Email address : husamalhetari@gmail.com
Students Emails : az.gh_92@hotmail.com , biomoh.engmedical@gmail.com , Moeshalils@gmail.com
Project information:
Design of a Low Cost Medical Delivery Device Analyzer – Using NIDAQ And LabView
Description:
Drug Delivery Devices are medical devices that delivers fluids, such as nutrients and medications, into a patient’s body in controlled amounts. Infusion pumps are in widespread use in clinical settings such as hospitals, and in houses. However, while intravenous medications have important benefits, errors associated with IV medication administration can result in severe or life-threatening adverse drug events (ADEs). [1]
Furthermore, errors in rate of administration can cause clinical complications such as heart failure or volume depletion. [2]
Accordingly, the Biomedical Benchmark which is published by the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI), introduces testing techniques and establishes intervals to assess flow accuracy by using some procedures [3].
These procedures are recommended by (ANSI/AAMI ID26 standard), which includes particular requirements for the safety of infusion pumps and controllers [4]. Some companies manufactures expensive analyzers that checks the infusion pump flow rate using flow sensor and advanced software that can calculate recent , average and draw graph of flow rate , during one or two hours by taking a reading in short time intervals . This graph is used to evaluate the infusion pump which was under test. The problem is that commercial analyzers are still considered expensive and they take long time for test preparation and sensor should be cleaned periodically.
Challenge:
This project aims to design and implement a low cost device depending on LabVIEW software and NIDAQ Software – to calculate and draw graph of flow rates. To validate the projects results it will be compared to an international analyzer IDA-4 Plus.
References:
[1]https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/GeneralHospitalDevicesandSupplies/In...
[2] https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/14/3/179
[3] https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/safety/reportaproblem/default.htm
[4] J. Cebeiro, A. Musacchio, and E. F. Sard´a “Low flow measurement for infusion pumps: implementation and uncertainty determination of the normalized method “, in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 332, no. 1. IOP Publishing, 2011, p. 012005.
